Cessna 172 pilot states gusty winds cause touchdown short of runway.

Attributes
ACN	845382
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 48 Flight Crew Total 143 Flight Crew Type 143
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

During an area orientation flight thunderstorms developed requiring return to ZZZ. Wind were about 17-22knts gusting and changing direction from around 250deg to 300deg. Approach to runway 22 resulted in a sink rate on very short final that could not be countered resulting in touch down short of runway 22; catching a threshold light with the right landing strut. A go around was performed and tower recommended runway 35. A standard landing was then accomplished.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Cessna 172 pilot states gusty winds cause touchdown short of runway.

Narrative: During an area orientation flight thunderstorms developed requiring return to ZZZ. Wind were about 17-22knts gusting and changing direction from around 250deg to 300deg. Approach to Runway 22 resulted in a sink rate on very short final that could not be countered resulting in touch down short of Runway 22; catching a threshold light with the right landing strut. A go around was performed and tower recommended Runway 35. A standard landing was then accomplished.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.